Századok – 2020

2020 / 1. szám - A TÁRSADALMI MOBILITÁS KÉRDÉSEI MAGYARORSZÁGON - Ring Orsolya – Kiss László – Turnai Anna: Női káderek a Rákosi-korszakban

NŐI KÁDEREK A RÁKOSI-KORSZAKBAN 134

FEMALE CADRES IN THE RÁKOSI ERA

by Orsolya Ring – László Kiss – Anna Turnai

SUMMARY

The article explores the social mobility of women with membership of the Hungarian Workers’ Party. The social historical analysis is based on career-related

and biographical data have survived in the archives of the Department of Mass Organizations of the Hungarian Workers’ Party. These data are based on lists of Communist functionaries according to authority and competence made late in 1955. The

data have made possible

,

before all,

an examination of the intragenerational social mobility of the individual

s

. Here,

the main question was whether the holding of party or state office during the Rákosi era meant a rise in relation

to the original occupation. As a next step, the results of the mobility analyses were tested in relation to

various correlations, seeking an answer to the question of what factors may have influenced the changes that occurred in the social status of the individuals.